Samsung Pay Gets UPI Support In India

Samsung Pay now supports UPI transactions in India. The South Korean giant, Samsung launched its digital wallet cum mobile payment service just a few weeks ago in the country. With the latest addition, Samsung Pays joins the league with wallets like Freecharge, Paytm, MobiKwik, etc., to bring United Payment Interface (UPI) to its users.

How to Use UPI in Samsung Pay?

UPI-support is already live in the latest version of Samsung Pay. To use it, first, you need to add your bank account under the UPI section of Samsung Pay. You may create your own personalized payment address, but you can only link the bank account which is registered with your mobile number. After you are done with these steps, you can start sending, receiving or requesting money through UPI.

For starters, UPI or United Payment Interface is a new generation digital payment system developed by the National Payments Corporation of India. Built upon IMPS (Immediate Payment Service), it facilitates instant money transfer between two bank accounts just with a smartphone. UPI supports both inter-bank and intra-bank transactions without any additional charge. It is continuously monitored by the Reserve Bank of India.

Speaking of Samsung Pay, it is the South Korean company’s own digital wallet and mobile payment platform. Mainly aimed at providing hassle-free transactions, Samsung Pay supports payments through NFC as well as MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission). While you may already know about NFC, the latter is an interesting technology which can make your Samsung smartphone mimic a debit or credit card. The phones emit magnetic waves which any modern card swiping machine can read as a real ATM card.

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